Brides of the Islamic State

Beginning in 2012, dozens of girls and women traveled to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State (IS), becoming brides of Islamic State fighters. While some traveled willingly, others were brought to Iraq and Syria as minors by their parents or family or forcefully.

Many of those women subsequently acquired high public profiles, either through their efforts to recruit more volunteers, when they died or because they recanted and wished to return to their home countries. Commentators have noted that it will be hard to differentiate between the women who played an active role in atrocities and those who were housewives.

Women who travelled to become an IS bride

Statistics

See also

• Women in Islam
• List of Islamic State members

References

1. Islamic State
2. Shamima Begum
3. Ideology of the Islamic State
4. War children
5. Marriage in Islam
6. Sanna (name)
7. Yazidi genocide
8. Islamic State occupation of Mosul
9. Lai Đại Hàn
10. Trinidad and Tobago and the Islamic State
11. Islamic marital practices
12. Mahr
13. Afghanistan
14. Mail-order bride
15. Islamic terrorism
16. Bethnal Green trio
17. Child marriage
18. Divorce in Islam
19. Wali (Islamic legal guardian)
20. Slavery in al-Andalus